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Comedy Family events Music
Thursday 10th, 8pm Saturday 12th to Sunday 27th Wednesday 2nd, 8pm
Julian Clary, with his first big national Easter Bunny Trail. For ages 5 to Penfold, Under the Covers, Almost
tour for four years. £17.50. Wyvern 11 years. Follow the clues to find the Innocent and Ode and the Bebops
Thursday 24th, 8pm Easter Bunny. £1.25. Lydiard House play in aid of Prospect Hospice. £5.
Rob Newman: From Caliban to the Saturday 12th to Sunday 27th The Winners Lounge, County
Taliban. A sharply subversive review Dino Egg Trail. For ages 5 to 11 Ground. Tickets from Swindon
of world history starting with a 1609 years. Can you find the dinosaurs Information Centre, tel: 530328,
Bermuda shipwreck. £ 10. Arts Centre and their eggs hidden around the Prospect Hospice Chairty Shops and
museum. 50p. Swindon Museum & the County Ground
Venues Art Gallery Wednesday 2nd to Saturday 12th
Wednesday 16th, 2pm to 4pm (except Sun 6th)
The Arts Centre, Devizes Road Swindon Music Festival. There are
Free Range Decorating. Make a
Tel: 614837 three sessions each day of
decorative decoupage Easter egg
Cineworld, Greenbridge and have fun painting eggs for egg competitive music classes. 9am, Thursday 17th, 8pm
Tel: 420710 rolling and egg and spoon race. Suit 1.30pm and 6pm. ContactArts Centre Maddy Prior and Friends. Maddy
Lydiard House. Tel: 770401 5 to 12 year olds. £2. Lydiard House box office for details Prior (above) is widely recognised as
National Monuments Record Friday 18th & Saturday 19th, 11 am Friday 4th, 8pm an unsurpassed interpreter of
Centre Kemble Drive. Tel: 414600 to 4pm Some Enchanted Evening with traditional English song. She is also
STEAM - Museum of the Hot Cross Bun Specials diesel Adam Watkins. £14.50. Wyvern a songwriter whose solo work
combines her favourite themes of
Great Western Railway rides. Swindon & Cricklade Railway, Saturday 5th, 7pm history, mythology and tradition. She
Kemble Drive. Tel: 466655 Tadpole Lane, Blunsdon. For details Chedworth Brass Band play a wide is joined by Nick Holland (keyboards)
The Science Museum call 771615 variety of music to accommodate all and Troy Donockley. £14. Arts Centre
Wroughton Sunday 20th & Monday 21st,1lam tastes. Refreshments available after Tuesday 22nd, 8pm
Wroughton Airfield. Tel: 814466 to 4pm the concert. All proceeds in aid of the Colin Blunstone and the Rod
Easter Bunny steam rides. Swindon church organ/general fund. £4. St
Swindon Museum & Art Gallery Augustine's Church, Summers Argent Band. These two founder
Bath Road. Tel: 466556 & Cricklade Railway. Tadpole Lane, members of The Zombies are back
Blunsdon. For details call 771615 Street, Rodbourne. Call 693230 for
Town Hall Studios on the road again after 30years to
Thursday 24th, 2pm to 4pm tickets.
Regent Circus. Tel: 463210 promote their new CD `Out of the
Woodland Weaving. Make an
Westonbirt School Shadows'. £13. Arts Centre
Tetbury, Glos. Tel: 01666 880333 intricate weaving inspired by trees, Thursday 24th to Saturday 26th,
using natural materials which could
The Wyvern Theatre 7.30pm & Saturday 2.30pm
be made into a picture and add your
Theatre Square. Tel: 524481 Barry Manilow's Copacabana.
own touches to the big museum
Confirm date, time and price with weaving. Suit 5 to 12 year olds. £2. From £8.50. Wyvern
the venue Swindon Museum & Art Gallery Friday 25th, 8pm
Boo Hewerdine. Until recently Boo
(below) was best known for his
collaborations with Eddi Reader, but
he is fast establishing himself in the
acoustic world. He is joined by Neill
MacColl on guitar and Graham Hen-
13 April at the Wyvern
derson, keyboard. £8.50. Arts Centre
Saturday 5th, 7.30pm
The Blues Band. An evening of self-
indulgent jazz and blues. £17.50.
Wyvern
Sunday 6th, 2pm & 7.30pm (Senior
Gala Concert)
Swindon Young Musicians Music
Festival featuring The Swindon
Sevenhampton, Nr Highworth, Swindon School of Contemporary Music. £6.
Wyvern
Tel: 0 1793 763939 Map: www.rovesfarm.co.uk
Monday 7th, 7.30pm
Wednesday to Sunday and daily during Karaoke, The Musical. The ultimate
school holidays I0.30am - 5pm audience participation musical. £12.
Wyvern
Signed off the A361 Swindon to Highworth Road
Wednesday 9th, 8pm Saturday 26th, 7.30pm
Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen.
• Meet and feed the animals Swindon Recital Series. Miranda
£12.50. Wyvern Dale (violin) and Paul Turner (piano)
• Tractor and trailer rides & electric tractors Friday 11th, 7.30pm with a programe featuring Schubert,
• Huge big bale straw stack & bouncy castle Julian Lloyd Webber accompanied Brahms and Kreisler. £9, to baook
by pianist Rebecca Woolcock. £16. call 612775. Arts Centre
• Adventure play area and giant sandpit
Wyvern Monday 28th, 7.30pm
• Willow maze (dependent on ground conditions) Saturday 12th, 7.30pm Connie Lush. Liverpool born blues
• Indoor heated toddlers soft play area & sandpit A Night at the Musicals staring singer/songwriter, Connie Lush
Duncan Breeze with full supporting presents a mixture of blues, jazz and
• Crafty half hour West End cast of singers, dancers soul. £13. Wyvern
• Toddler story time during term time and musicians who have appeared Wednesday 30th, 7.30pm
in shows as diverse as les Miserables Joe Longthorne in concert. This
• Granary tea rooms to West Side Story. £12.50. Wyvern multi-talented superstar guarantees
Barn dances & wedding receptions Sunday 13th, 7.30pm a unique evening's entertainment full
Joe Pasquale in Concert. £12.50. of songs, laughter and incredible
Children's birthd
Wyvern impressions. £16.50. Wyvern